Tianshui Liangfen boasts its diverse varieties and flavors as well as excellent making ways.Its main materials include haricot,flour and pea.The snack is very popular with people in summer,and is also helpful to appetite.
Zhangye Bacon Mutton ,enjoying a long history of hundreds years,takes high quality mutton as its material and is mixed with ginger,Snowcake Salt in Gaotai and other seasonings.It tastes sweet and delicious,and is the main food used to entertain guests by Zhangye people.
Hui Dou Zi (Gray Bean) and Tian Pei Zi(Sweet Wine) are not seen in other parts of China except in Lanzhou. Boiled red bean and steamed barley are mixed with sweet wine for fermentation. This sweet, nutritious drink is good to have in hot weather.
Legend has it that Hot Boiled Pear (Re Dong Guo) was invented by Wei Zheng, a distinguished ministe...
Niang pi zi cannot be missed among the local delicacies. Flour paste is steamed for 3 - 4 minutes, then cut into strips and served with mustard, garlic, sesame butter, chili oil, vinegar, and soy sauce. This is a favorite among the locals and many of the tourists.
As many Hui people live in Lanzhou, barbequed mutton, boiled mutton, and lamb wit...
Lanzhou Beef Noodles(Stretched Noodles) is the most famous local dish in Lanzhou. It was first created during the reign of Emperor Guangxu (1875 - 1908), Qing Dynasty (1616 - 1911) and it is now popular all over China. This dish has five main features: clear soup, white radish, red pepper, green caraway and yellow noodles. The noodles can be wide or sl...
Chinese angelica, dong quai, dang gui, or tang kuei consists of the root of the Chinese plant Angelica polymorpha Maxim. var sinensis Oliv., also known as A. sinensis (Oliv.) Diels, a member of the family Apiaceae. The medication is mildly laxative, although it is used primarily for its uterine tonic, antispasmodic, and alterative (blood purifying) eff...
A big lily is as large as a lotus flower, and a small one is like a fist, weighing 350 g on average. White in color, lilies can be made into delicious dishes together with bean products, gluten, edible fungus, and can be fried, or steamed. Local people also prepare sweet deserts or soup with lilies, which are also good medicines cooked with other ingredie...
Lanzhou Dongguo Pear is characterised by its freshly bright color,nice-looking shape,thin skin,fine pulp and moderate sourness and sweetness,enjoying a great reputation for years.The fruit is the export product of Lanzhou.Lanzhou Dongguo Pear is not only a kind of delicious fruit,but is a good treatment to cough.